The Park, Tuesday Morning

[weirderthanthou]

Jesse had gone into the office this morning, expecting a quiet day.

Instead she'd gotten a hundred fax pages shoved into her arms. She had taken that as a sign she needed some air.

So there she was now, in the park, sitting on a bench, reading through said stack of fax pages while the frown across her brow grew greater by the minute. Oh, this isn't good.

She really did miss mobile phones at a time like this. This felt like a 'text the acronym WTF at Barry repeatedly' kind of situation.

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[justice_undone]

"That's a big pile of paper," Breq observed, slowing down. She was taking a morning walk, before heading over to by some tea, as they were running out, and she would rather not endure a Radchaai roommate findings out there was no tea left.

[weirderthanthou]

"Science notes from a science nerd who might have just science broken something," Jesse sighed, looking up.

[justice_undone]

"Oh, one of those," Breq said, adding: "Need any help?"

[weirderthanthou]

"Thanks, but I'm not sure saddling someone else with a hundred faxes about some kind of hole in the multiverse is really going to help," Jesse said wryly. "I just... need to get through this."

[justice_undone]

"I suppose this is the kind of place where being a Mayor is demanding in unusual ways," Breq said. "I assume piles of paper isn't usually used here. I should met you get on with it though."

[weirderthanthou]

"I can probably use the break, honestly," Jesse said wryly. "I, uh. Can't touch modern technology or things blow up, so paper it is."

[justice_undone]

"That sounds impractical," Breq noted. "Although I suppose you get used to it. Do you know the reason?"

[weirderthanthou]

"It's... a property of the building I was in when I found myself on this island," Jesse said. "I guess it just stuck around."

Which means I'm still not sure if I'm still in the Oldest House, or the Oldest House is in me...

[justice_undone]

"You can't use any kind of modern technology?" Breq asked.

[weirderthanthou]

"Nothing younger than 1990 or so," Jesse said. "I had a hunch, but a friend made me test it recently, and... yeah. It's not good."

[justice_undone]

"Looks like it's going to keep you busy," Breq said. "Should you ever need help with paperwork, let me know, I have far too much time on my hands."

Running the store and making sure Tisarwat was ok didn't exactly keep her busy.